Down Syndrome

Overweight women more likely to miscarry

timesonline.co.uk
13-Nov-2008 8 related
        

Mark Henderson, Science Editor in San Francisco Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to have a miscarriage even when the foetus is healthy, according to new research. Several recent studies have indicated that...

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Moreover Public: Women's chromosome division different from men's

qc.ca
13-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Error more likely as human eggs prepare genetic material A HUMAN OOCYTEA human oocyte in meiosis. Men do meiosis by the textbook, but women play it looser with the process, scientists from Washington State University and the...

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Physician, Patient Privacy At Risk Under Down Syndrome Information Law, Critics Say

medicalnewstoday.com
12-Nov-2008
        

Some physicians and abortion-rights advocates are raising concerns that a federal law that requires physicians to provide adoption and medical information to women who receive prenatal diagnoses of Down syndrome or other...

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Children with Down’s Syndrome screened for hearing defect

hindu.com
12-Nov-2008 1 related
        

“With minor interventions, a majority of them could have good hearing” — Photo: K. V. Srinivasan SERVICE WITH A SMILE: ENT surgeon Mohan Kameswaran examining a child with Down’s Syndrome for hearing defects in Chennai on...

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Surrender (but don't give yourselves away ...)

mediamatters.org
12-Nov-2008
        

One interesting aspect of the Bush administration is the degree to which it has destroyed the brains of so many conservatives who felt compelled to support it. I think it's safe to say we can add Michael Barone to that list....

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Japan's Downsy Medical Bot Teaches Doctors How to Treat Special Patients

gizmodo.com.au
12-Nov-2008
        

Say hello to Keiko. She's the world's first robot with Down Syndrome. She's designed to help doctors diagnose people who come into the ER with a bad case of the Downs by answering their questions and responding to touch. What's...

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Living With Down Syndrome

washingtonpost.com
12-Nov-2008
        

I appreciated the Nov. 10 Metro article "Expecting Longer Lives With Greater Risk, Reward," about the challenges related to gains in life expectancy for people with Down syndrome. One important fact not brought up in the...

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wkrg.com: An artist paints to pay for the place he calls home. But many of his roommates aren't so lucky. Defying The Odds Through Art wkrg.com

Defying The Odds Through Art

wkrg.com
12-Nov-2008
        

The shaky economy is forcing some people to come up with creative ways just to make ends meets. Brian Smith has been painting for almost a decade. Despite being born with Down Syndrome the 46 year old has made a name for...

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Truth Hurts

politicalmavens.com
12-Nov-2008
        

Michael Barone tells reporters that libs were so rabid against Palin because she didn’t abort her Down Syndrome baby, Trig. Yeah, I think there’s more than a little truth to that. For many, many libs, abortion is not just a...

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Down syndrome quandary

journalgazette.net
12-Nov-2008
        

WASHINGTON – Like many people her age, Jennifer Holden wants to be on her own. But for the 20-year-old Springfield, Va., woman, crossing streets can be frightening. Keeping track of money is difficult. And fending for herself...

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